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Council approves updated Anderson Hughes contract, adds Waite Park website at $6,000 annually
Summary
City staff presented and the Waite Park City Council approved an updated contract with Anderson Hughes to continue promotional videos and add a Waite Park–focused website that staff estimated will add $6,000 per year and likely be paid from franchise-fee revenue; council asked staff to provide franchise-account figures and confirmed the website will be reviewed by council before it goes live.
Waite Park — The Waite Park City Council voted to approve an updated contract with Anderson Hughes that continues the city’s promotional-video work and adds a new Waite Park–focused website.
A city staff member described the proposal as an expansion of the existing agreement and said the website component would add about $6,000 annually to the contract. The staff member said the website would be designed to promote Waite Park specifically, include an economic-development section and give prospective businesses a quick snapshot of the community.
“Website would be that cost is an ongoing so that's what they're gonna maintain,” the staff member said, describing ongoing maintenance and periodic updates.
Council members pressed on funding and metrics. One member asked where the videos produced to date are stored; the staff member said they are on the city’s YouTube channel and are reused for newsletters and other outreach. Another council member asked how much money remains in the franchise-fee account; staff said they did not have the specific numbers at the meeting but would follow up.
The staff member said the website concept was a targeted marketing tool — the transcript records a tentative working title as “Eat Speed Streets” — and emphasized the council would have an opportunity to review the site before it goes live.
A committee member moved to approve entering into the updated contract; the council approved the motion by voice vote.
The transcript records the $6,000 annual cost and that franchise fees were identified as the likely funding source, but it does not contain a written franchise-account balance or a detailed contract number. Council members requested that staff provide the account figures after the meeting.
